As we enter the home run stretch of our season before playoffs we saw some unusual outcomes from Sunday’s games. The World Orphans topped Office Scapes 8-1. Canada Colorado claimed their 2nd win of the season with an 8-3 victory over Triple J, when CC has everyone healthy and on the ice they certainly look like a contender! AMOS beat Nelson & Company 6-4, in another close loss for Nelson. Platinum Group offered Hollowbrook their 3rd loss of the season, winning 6-3.
After a few weeks of play, NORAD is looking back in its rhythm. A couple teams have returned to their dominant style of play; also good to see Canada Colorado’s goalie, Ian, back from IR after a 12 week hiatus. This week saw the World Orphans top Triple J, 7-3. Canada Colorado fell to AMOS, 7-2 after a close 2 periods. Hollowbrook powered over Nelson 12-4, showing their league dominance thus far. Platinum Group beat Office Scapes 5-2, as they continue their upward movement in the league.
There were some hard fought games in our 1st night back after the Holiday Break. CC lost to WO 6-7, PLG topped N&C 9-7, AMOS fell to HBD 8-5, & OFS beat JJJ 9-5.
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The NORAD Hockey League got back to playing games after the short holiday break and this week had a split of close games and not so close games. The first two games of the evening had an average goal differential of 5.5, while the last two games were decided by an average of 1.5. HollowBrook Dental continued to show why they are the team to beat as Ty Smith and Josh Theken (2 goals and 2 assists each) led HollowBrook to a 9-4 victory over Platinum. OfficeScapes got back into the win column after a three game losing streak, beating World Orphans 8-2. Gage Gagne had a hand in every OfficeScapes goal scoring 4 and assisting on the other 4. In the third game, Canada Colorado and Triple J went down to the wire as Triple J pulled off the 4-3 win behind a hat trick from Sam Downs. To end the night, Chris Durham scored a hat trick to lead AMOS to a 5-3 victory over Nelson & Company.
We have reached the halfway point of the 2022/2023 season. It’s a little weird not having a game this week, but I hope everyone has had a Happy Holiday with friends and family. We start things back up on December 4th, so we’ll see you in a week. Thank you all for being a part of the NORAD Hockey League!
-The Commissioner
Canada Colorado will be losing the on-ice presence of their Captain, and league Assistant Commissioner, Serena Palmer for the remainder of the season. SERENA IS PREGNANT! Canada Colorado will be adding Free Agent Tony Wheeler to take Serena’s roster spot. In four games, as a sub, Wheeler has two assists.
CONGRATULATIONS SERENA!
Platinum Group’s Thane Gilmore recorded his 1st shut of his NORAD Career, way to go Thane! We also had 2 game ejections! At the almost, halfway mark of the season, things are getting heated. Please remember that this is for fun and we all have to work tomorrow.
Office Scapes fell to AMOS 6-3. Triple J fell to Hollowbrook 13-6. Nelson fell to World Orphans 7-2. Canada Colorado fell to Platinum 6-0.
Due to an offseason back injury to defenseman Jason Judge, Alice Burley has joined Triple J. Judge was originally expected to miss 4-6 weeks with the back injury, but due to some setbacks he will be out indefinitely. Burley played last season for AMOS racking up 31 points (6 goals and 26 assists) in 17 games. She has one assist in her first two games (one as a sub and one on the roster) with Triple J this season.
